Division of Corangamite

The Division of Corangamite is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Lake Corangamite. It is located in the Western District of Victoria and has always included the regional centre of Colac, but today most of its voters live in the suburbs of Geelong or coastal communities such as Anglesea and Queenscliff. Until the 1930s it was a marginal seat which was occasionally won by the Australian Labor Party. In 1918 it was the first seat won by the newly formed Country Party. Since the 1940s, however, it has been a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party.

[edit] Members

Member	Party	Term
Hon Chester Manifold	Protectionist	1901-03
Dr Gratton Wilson	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist, Liberal	1903-10
James Scullin	ALP	1910-13
Hon Chester Manifold	Liberal, Nationalist	1913-18
Hon William Gibson	Country Party	1918-29
Hon Richard Crouch	ALP	1929-31
Hon William Gibson	Country Party	1931-34
Hon Geoffrey Street	UAP	1934-40
Hon Allan McDonald	UAP, Liberal	1940-53
Daniel Mackinnon	Liberal	1953-66
Hon Tony Street	Liberal	1966-84
Stewart McArthur	Liberal	1984-

Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria
Aston \| Ballarat \| Batman \| Bendigo \| Bruce \| Calwell \| Casey \| Chisholm \| Corangamite \| Corio \| Deakin \| Dunkley \| Flinders \| Gellibrand \| Gippsland \| Goldstein \| Gorton \| Higgins \| Holt \| Hotham \| Indi \| Isaacs \| Jagajaga \| Kooyong \| Lalor \| La Trobe \| McEwen \| McMillan \| Mallee \| Maribyrnong \| Melbourne \| Melbourne Ports \| Menzies \| Murray \| Scullin \| Wannon \| Wills